Lesson 8 focused on the ethics of social equality, and we spent most of the class talking about affirmative action.
Before coming to Duke, I had never heard anyone use the term “affirmative action.” So for those of you who aren’t familiar with what it is, here’s the ever-dependable Wikipedia definition:
“The term affirmative action refers to policies [...]

Read the following questions one by one and answer “yes” or “no” before moving to the next question. Just go with your gut response and don’t over-think it
1) Is it ever okay to torture another human being?
2) You have a terrorist in custody. There is a ticking time bomb that is going to [...]

This week’s lesson was on the ethics of war.
Having spent two years in the military, I felt especially excited about leading this week’s discussion.
The closest I’ve been to real combat is live-firing exercises or missions where we used blanks, and my only death-related experience was when one of my men committed suicide.
So I’ll be the first [...]

For this past week’s lesson, the faculty sponsor for the class, Betsy (she’s standing in front of me in the picture), had us over to her house for a potluck. We had our discussion on the ethics of globalization over dinner. I have to say that I really, really appreciated the home-cooked food! This is [...]